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Our incessant clamoring for concept cars to become street legal and purchasable occasionally pays off. All the heavy panting for the Aston Marton V12 Zagato Concept has resulted in a production Aston Martin V12 Zagato. One question: did we piss it off somehow? More »
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Last year, Aston Martin's V12 Zagato concept debuted to a flush, veal-complected crowd at Italy's Villa D'Este. This year, the Zagato-massaged Vantage collabo's going into production, and according to GTspirit.com, this is it. More »
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Specialty car manufacturer and recent Spyker owner Coventry Prototype Panels (CPP) apparently purchased design house Zagato without anyone noticing, according to CarsUK. CPP, of course, is owned by former Saab investor/Russian banker Vladimir Antonov. That guy's involved in everything. More »
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Things you could do 50 years ago: smoke everywhere, drink at work, get elected as a Democrat in the South, and buy a new Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato. In honor of at least one of those things, Aston Martin's paired with design house Zagato to once again build an obnoxiously expensive and lusty race car. More »
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This video of the Zagato TZ3 Stradale — the Viper-based Alfa Romeo tribute that will have a production run of nine vehicles — just goes to prove that wolf whistling at your computer sends the wrong message at the coffee shop. More »
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Imagine you're an Italian designer and someone asks you to futz with the Fiat 500? Muck about at your own peril, some would say. Others would say, pull down the roofline, and park it athwart two ravishing Italian models. Done. More »
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Volvo's relationship with Italian design firm Bertone is well documented, but few ever talk about the Zagato-penned Volvo 3000 GTZ, of which just 50 were built. When Swedes mate with Italians things always get weird. [GoodOldValves] More »
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This one-off Alfa Romeo TZ3 was purpose-built by Zagato as a gentleman's racer. The rakish kamback profile is based on classic Alfa racers, but performance is totally modern thanks to its weight: just 1,870 lb. More »
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The Alfa Romeo TZ3 is a purpose-built race car from the Zagato design house created to celebrate 100 years of Alfas. The sexy aluminum body covers a tubular carbon fiber chassis and an undisclosed powertrain. More »
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If you want a good deal, it always helps to wait for a sale. Today, Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Lancia seller who's offering a 2-for-1 special on Zagatos, but it doesn't look like they're going fast. More »
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Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! You don't need to be a millionaire to own a classic Italian machine. A thousandaire has enough cash! More »
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Elio Zagato, son of company founder Ugo Zagato, passed away yesterday. Like his father, Elio dedicated his life to racing and developing cars and is partially responsible for the Alfa SZ, Lanica Sports, and double-bubble top. [la Repubblica] More »
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We featured two Detroit scoops in a row (the Maverick Grabber Dual Domes and the Road Runner Air Grabber), and now we must give Italy some well-deserved Hood Scoop Hall Of Fame recognition here. More »
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Remember the Bentley GTZ Zagato from the 2008 Geneva Auto Show? Well, now, thanks to Craigslist, it could be auto showing in your driveway. More »
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Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! One hell project just isn't enough! More »
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Google Street View camera trucks have photographed something even better than the white Stig: a custom Aston Martin built for the Sultan of Brunei. Here is the story of how we found it. More »
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These first studio photos of the Perana Z-One reveal the Zagato-designed, South African-built sports car has the style to match its Corvette-sourced substance. More »
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This is the Perana Z-One. With a beautiful skin lovingly crafted by Zagato and a 6.2-liter V8 Corvette engine under the hood, there's nothing about this 999-unit two-seater that doesn't scream hot sex. More »
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When you think of West Virginia, what comes to mind? Vintage Lancias, of course, and that's exactly what JSmith53 found when he visited Weston, WV. More »
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Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Last time around, 64% of you opted for an eternity in the trunk of Coyote Shivers' 1984 Volvo DL rather than having your bodices ripped by Fabio's Lancia, according to the Choose Your Eternity poll. But enough with the pseudo-celebrity cars- today we need to get back to basics, with a return to the very soul of project car hell: France versus Italy! Right now, Italy is in sole possession of the PCH Superpower trophy- which is in the shop with a bad oil leak and a rod knock- thanks to a very one-sided Pantera-versus-Lotus drubbing, but can the Italians hold firm against the Tsar Bomba of Hell Projects? We'll find out!
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When we first saw a picture of the 1989 Autech Stelvio, we assumed it was some sort of hideous one-off Japanese concept car. It turns out the car is actually part of a limited run Nissan supercar designed by Zagato. Produced by Autech, Nissan's special performance company, the cars are based on what we know as the Infiniti M30 platform, but featuring a 320 horsepower DOHC V6. After assembly, the chassis were sent to Zagato to be fitted with the... unique bodywork. In addition to the late 80's lines, the hood clearly features something a bit different from the average car. What is it? More »
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Sometimes a classic car is just so unattainable that you have to resort to replicas. That's easy if you want a fiberglass Cobra-esq roadster, but what about when the car you want doesn't have a kit readily available for you to order? What about if that 1937 Lancia you want doesn't have any documented engineering plans, and there's not a single original car remaining, anywhere? Well, back in 2006, Zagato decided they would take on such a challenge; building a perfect replica of the 1937 Lancia Aprilia Sport using only a few photographs. More »
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Having had its way with Italian cars, Zagato's coachworks business returned its attentions to a British-German hooligan — the Bentley Continental GT. (Remember the Zagato Aston DB7? Sure you do.) What they came up with is the two-tone Bentley GTZ Zagato we first showed you last week. As is their wont, Zagato made the Bent more curvilinear, with wide arcs where its blocky haunches used to be. No doubt Zagato wants more of this kind of business, but are there enough billionaires for those kinds of shenanigans? More »
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The always embargo-breaking boys at the AutoWeek found only in the Netherlands have come across a couple of shots of the new Bentley Zagato GTZ. That's right, you heard us — the Zagato GTZ. Apparently the Bentley Continental GT wasn't quite ostentatious enough for the Italian tuning shop of Zagato, and like last year they've decided to bring a bit of blingasm with them. What they've come up with is a front fascia screaming "My god, I just ate a chain-link fence!" Supposedly we'll have more info on the GTZ this upcoming weekend. Of course that could just be Babelfish mistranslating again. For the moment you'll just have to feast your eyes on the three shots of this monstrosity of metal below.
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I believe there are certain things you can never have too many of. Good pairs of jeans and shoes. Pocket knives. Friends with pickup trucks. Real Mexican joints. Books. And of course, sports cars from the early 60s that competed at LeMans in your Fantasy Garage. We've already got the two best (the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe and the Ferrari 250 GTO, respectively) so let us now induct the most beautiful; the British/Italian hybrid Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato. More »
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Zagato would like to inform you the supposed Zagato 575 GTZ Spyder is a fake. A rep from the venerable Italian design firm says the shot we ran earlier this week — the one that triggered some puzzled stares around the Jalopnik virtual campus — is an "illegally photoshopped" spec of the Zagato 575 GTZ coupe, a one-off coachbuilding project Zagato undertook for Japanese Ferrari collector Yushiyuki Hayashi. The prevailing cover story had Qvale Automotive Group — a US distributorship of exotic cars and entity behind the erstwhile, Ford-powered Qvale Mangusta — as the supposed distributor of the roofless rebody. Although we've always believed where there's smoke, there's fire, we still wouldn't bet on any of this panning out. More »
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With the old fashioneds well emptied and the hoopla surrounding the Pebble Beach Concours moving into forgotten, it is now time to present the never prestigious Jalopnik Choice Award. This 1959 Fiat 600-based Abarth Zagato 750 is part of the San Diego Collection, and on the block for a 125K. The Karl "Carlo" Abarth worked 750cc engine kicks out 57 horsepower, which propels the double bubble top coupe to a top speed of 112 mph! Fun to drive invariably comes as part of car's 1200-pound curb weight. Style is courtesy of Zagato. The final bid on this as-yet-unsold car was 88K. We're hoping to find the 500-dollar restorable version hidden underneath seventy three boxes of old Sunset magazines at a Burbank garage sale. [Fiat Zagato via the San Diego Collection] More »
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It's not as if we haven't enjoyed the designs that have flowed from the pens that led to bucks that led to wonderfully-formed sheetmetal that all began with the illustrious hand of Ugo Zagato some 88 years ago. But one of those moments where it all just really comes together — the tenth listen when the record one thought was really, really good the first time one hears it becomes an indelible part of one's soul, for example — happened while we were up in Monterey. Like most of our readers, we don't live with Zagato-designed vehicles as a part of our daily landscape as we do with say, Giugiaro machines. But the Zagatos were underfoot like a cat with a lackluster sense of danger wherever we turned on the Peninsula. And just like we get with weird cats, we're in love, love, love. [Zagato flickr pool] More »
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Jalopnik readers- or at least the readers who bother to vote in our polls- have decreed that they'd be crazy enough to take on the awesome Purple Datsun 510 Limo over the slightly less awesome Bugamino in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity matchup. But let's say we're willing to jack up the cost of admission to a Hell Project- not a whole bunch, but closer to two grand than one. What then? Of course, since we all know the cost of the car itself is one of the least expensive parts of Project Car Hell, a few hundred bucks for the car itself isn't really all that significant. More »
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The Diatto GT Ottovù may not have topped our list of hottest concept cars at the Geneva auto show this past year, but those who can see past a few dated swoops of the pen will soon be able to snag one of 99 units to be produced. The revival of the Diatto brand is a milestone for Italian motoring — that brand being one of the country's oldest — and Zagato's design plays it to the hilt. The metallic-green Diatto GT Ottovù prototype was unveiled in Geneva and subsequently at the Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza (gesundheit). Power comes from a Ford-sourced 4.6-liter V8 jointly tuned by Roush and Cosworth. It produces 530 hp in base form, but a few undisclosed tweaks will bring it to 650 hp. The new Diatto is building a dealer network in the US and Europe. No word on price, but there's no doubt the usual suspects will step up, checkbook in hand. [Italiaspeed via AutoBlog] More »
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Zagato's retromodern reskin of the Maserati GranSport Spyder, the Maserati GS Zagato, is getting a once-over by crowds at Italy's Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza this weekend. The car was tailor made for Italian custom-kitchen king Paolo Boffi, a fan of the mad-hot 1954 Maserati A6 G Zagato. Zagato's released new fashion shots of the couture coupe at the Villa, along with early design renderings of the GS. Opinion may be split, but whatever you think of it, we really do need more cars that look like this — not fewer. – Mike Spinelli More »
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The first shots of Zagato's coachbuilt GranSport coupe surfaced on Ultimate Car Page yesterday, providing the first look at the kind of exclusivity one custom-kitchen magnate's fortune can buy. Designers did work in the all-important helmet bubbles, though appear to have gotten a little curvilinear happy, like they'd just gotten a new pair of compasses and couldn't wait to get to work. Still, the commissioned piece does have some compelling side surfacing and a decent interpretation of the historic trident nose. Does it compare to the new Pininfarina-penned Maserati Grand Turismo? Hmm. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Another year, another italian motorcar reskinned by Zagato. This time, it's been commissioned by Paolo Boffi, Italian custom-kitchen magnate. He's employed the Zagato team to work up his Maserati GS Spyder. The de rigeur historical antecedent is the Maserati A6 G Zagato of 1954, a car whose period sexiness is likely irreproducible. Still, Zagato is giving its best attempt in the GS, which will debut at the Concours d'Elegance Villa d'Este next week. Will it capture the original magic, or wind up looking like a slick appliance in a Milanese loft building? Stay tuned. – Mike Spinelli More »
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A few commenters mentioned earlier that this year's high-design concepts look like they were plucked from the 1980s. Take a look again at Zagato's Ottovu concept, this time from the floor of the Geneva show. Notwithstanding the statuesque models in modern floral prints, the Ottovu does look like something from the era of Zagato's Zeta 6 concept of 1983. It's kind of like how the Kaiser Chiefs reference Depeche Mode and only sound part of the way derivative. Maybe we should leave now. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Mad supercar genius Victor Muller introduced the latest from the newly minted F1 constructor Spyker Cars. It's a Zagato-designed rear-drive sportster, powered by VW's 6.0-liter W12 engine, producing 500 hp. Like other of Spyker's vehicles, this one combines supercar with 1930s robber-baron airplane, to create a gestalt from speed, fine leather, Chronoswiss instruments and aeronautics. The C12 gets from zero to 60 in 3.8 seconds and has a top speed that knocks fairly hard on the threshold of 200 mph (193). Nearly $650,000 will buy one, if all of the above is your thing. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Zagato let fly with a new set of images of its Diatto Ottovu project, a commemorative plate vehicle signifying 100 years of the Diatto marque. That company was once the builder of royal transport and proto track-day rides. Zagato plans to show off its tribute at the Geneva motor show next week. We'll see how it stands up next to the Fiorvanti Thalia. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Italian design and coachworks Zagato revealed its latest big-bux reskinning. It's called the Ottovu Project, and it celebrates 100 years of the Diatto marque, which once stood for kingly and queenly rides and motorsports endeavors. Zagato and Diatto were sometime collaborators in the 1920s, with papa Ugo building bodies for Diatto chassis. The Ottovu , set for a Geneva debut, will likely have Maserati V8 power, supercharged of course. Which Italian viscount or American investment banker commissioned this one? We'll have to wait and see. – Mike Spinelli More »
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With the company's centenary approaching, designers at Zagato looked back to its "no it's a boat, no it's a plane" era, the 1930s for inspiration. But instead of building just another retro-themed concept, they completely recreated a Lancia Aprilia Sport, from a version designed in 1938 by now-boss Andrea Zagato's grandfather Ugo, who was inspired by nautical and aviation forms. But since the car no longer exists in material form, and drawing up blueprints wasn't quite how Ugo rolled, the modern team turned to a faded black-and-white photo for guidance. Using CAD, they mapped the photographic form, and employed CNC machining technologies to reconstruct the plans so it could be refabbed. Then, using prewar fabrication techniques, the body panels were hand-beaten by master panel beaters, and the rest of the car was constructed. The result — represented above — is set to be unveiled at the Bologna motor show later this month. Ugo, however, isn't quite as lucky. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Toyota and Italy's Zagato design house are back together for another round of dress-up. Devotees of mid-engined Toyotas (guilty) may recall the 2001 Toyota Zagato VM 180, a limited-edition model of the MR2 Spyder (MRS) available in Japan (see photo below). Now the Toyos are offering a Zagato-fied special edition of the J-spec Toyota Harrier (Lexus RX) SUV. Only 250 examples of the Harrier Zagato — marking the 50th anniversary of Toyopet dealership network — will be available in Japan, as part of its Modellista aftermarket custom program. Think Lexus-meets-Group B. [UPDATE: Check out Nihon Car and Bike's coverage of the Harrier Zagato at the Tokyo Auto Gallery.] More »
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The kidlets over in Maranello, after lending their badge to all manner of questionable tchotchkes (surfboards, cologne, etc.) have actually lent their blessings to the three high-profile coachbuilt cars to debut in the next few months, notable because it's a reversal of a 30-year policy. Peter Kalikow's Scag-based car, along with Yoshiyuki Hayashi's Zagato-bodied, 575-derived machine will both debut at Villa d'Este concours d'elegance in Como, while the much-debated James Glickenhaus P4 redux built by Pininfarina will bow at Pebble Beach. More »
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